thermal bridging steel roof truss

Breaking the Bridge: Rigid Polyisocyanurate Thermal Breaks, Long Fastener Bending Moments, and Condensation Control on Sloped Roof Decks

• September 30, 2026
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Across peninsular India, modern residential architecture and commercial resort design have increasingly turned to light-gauge steel framing, heavy structural steel purlins, and reinforced timber trusses to support expansive, dramatic steep-slope roofs. While steel and engineered timber provide exceptional seismic resistance and long structural spans, they introduce an invisible energy defect: thermal bridging. Structural steel has …